The First Big Free to Play iOS Game Comes Full Circle: ngmoco’s ‘Eliminate’...
2009 was a weird time for the App Store. Free to play games were building steam on other platforms, but the way Apple originally structured the in app purchase mechanic prevented it from being used on...
View ArticleIan and Colin Lynch Smith Leave Freeverse
Founded in 1994 by Ian Lynch Smith with his brother Colin, Freeverse quickly became a name that everyone in the Mac shareware scene knew. In their early days, they were the perfect embodiment of the...
View ArticleFreeverse Hit With Massive Layoffs Less Than a Week After Co-Founders Leave,...
Last Friday details leaked that co-founders Ian and Colin Lynch Smith were leaving Freeverse along with a few other long-time key employees. We may have been a bit hyperbolic at the time with the...
View ArticleStill Playing ‘Tiny Farm’? Well, Now You Can Accessorize With… Hello Kitty
We first reviewed Com2us’s Tiny Farm [Free] over a year ago now (Wow, really?) and while outfits like ngmoco seem to be constantly cutting support for their free to play library, Tiny Farm is getting...
View ArticleNgmoco Co-Founders Neil Young and Bob Stevenson Step Down
Today marks the end of an era or sorts, as ngmoco co-founders Neil Young and Bob Stevenson have stepped down according to parent company DeNA and reported by MCV. Head of studios and former EA veteran...
View ArticleNew Screens and Launch Trailer for ‘Minigore 2: Zombies’, Releasing this Week
If there’s one iOS game launch over the years that sticks out in my mind simply due to the absolute fervor and level of anticipation it conjured, I think my vote would have to go to Mountain Sheep’s...
View ArticleNgmoco Shutting Down ‘We Rule’, ‘GodFinger’ and ‘TouchPets’ on March 31st
Ngmoco hasn’t been the preeminent mobile developer that they once were since being bought out by Japanese-based DeNA in October of 2010. After bringing such stellar premium titles like the Rolando...
View Article‘The Drowning’ Looks to Reinvent First-Person Shooter Controls on the...
Ben Cousins, who left EA to join up with Ngmoco/DeNA in mid-2011, is currently heading up Scattered Entertainment, a Sweden-based studio that falls under the DeNA umbrella. Cousins himself has a...
View Article‘Fury of the Gods’ Review – Needs More Liam Neeson
There are a lot of themes that have been overdone in iOS — zombies and retro-themed visuals, to name a few. However, one area that hasn’t been fully explored is Greek mythology. Chillingo’s Fury of the...
View ArticleNgmoco Block-Stacking Classic ‘Topple 2′ to Return to the App Store
You know you’re an O.G. iOS gamer when you’ve got fond memories of the original array of Ngmoco games. I’m talkin’ Dr. Awesome, Word Fu, Mazefinger, Rolando, and the Topple series. After all, there was...
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